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Risk Of HIV Transmission From Touching A Cut
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Ask the Experts
HIV transmission through cutsHi Doctor,Thanks very much for the good work you are doing on this planetI had small cut on my hand after that just two drops of blood came out, after two day I had a safe sex with one prostitute. I didn't "fingered" her. After the...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hello,Your HIV-acquisition risk is nonexistent, even with your two-day-old small cut.Thank you for your tax-deductible donation to The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation (www.concertedeffort.org). It is warmly appreciated.Be well. Stay well. Now...
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HIV transmission from open cutI asked a person for a cigarette outside a pub. He took out one from his pack and gave to me. I lit... Read more »Irration fear of HIV transmission. A bandaid covered cut and a door knob at STD clinic.Dear Dr Frascino,I will begin by stating that I am perfectly aware that I am hypochondriac and that... Read more »
Articles
Longer, Stronger HIV Drug Regimen for Breastfeeding Women Cuts Mother-to-Child Transmission Rate, Study Finds"HIV infection rates among babies are significantly cut when mothers are given prolonged ARV treatment during breastfeeding," according to findings released at the International AIDS Society conference in Cape Town, South Africa on Wednesday,... Read more »
Australia: Doctor Says "the Cut" Lowers Risk of HIV InfectionAn HIV expert is advising Australian government and health officials to inform parents about male circumcision's protective effects against HIV and other STDs. Dr. Alex Wodak points to data from Africa showing that circumcision helps reduce... Read more »
Another Study Finds That Microbicides Cut Women's Herpes RiskLast summer, the HIV/AIDS community received some amazing news: A 2010 clinical trial found that microbicides -- vaginal gel spiked with antiretrovirals -- cut HIV transmission during sex by 39 percent. But researchers also found that microbicides... Read more »
ART Associated With Reduced Risk of HIV Transmission to Sexual Partners, Study ShowsResearch published in the Lancet online Thursday "provides the strongest evidence to date" that antiretroviral therapy (ART) might also be used to prevent transmission of HIV, Agence France-Presse reports. The observational study found that... Read more »
Connect With Others
Risk of transmission?
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
I was at this bar, decent place but the bathroom was very dirty, I am female, I went to pee and of course I didn't seat on the toilet, I pulled down my jeans almost to my knees, I don't know if they touched the floor but the floor was dirty, I swear... Read more » HIV Risk - Blood in Eye & Glass Cut
Posted by pupiz, 2 Replies
Hi, all. Please let me know if I am at risk for HIV from these to encounters. I was in Canada on vacation a couple of weeks ago and we left at about in the morning and came back at about 3:00pm. When we left the maid was cleaning the suite beside...
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My child touch blood of my HIV+ Husband
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
My husband is HIV+He cut his finger bad and ran into the bathroom and he was dripping blood on the floor. My young daugher touch the blood and ran to the basement ( I was washing clothes) and said "daddy is bleeding, daddy is bleeding") Although im... Read more » So is hiv from surface cut to cut more theoretical than what really happens?
Posted by AZT, 1 Reply
I've also found a doc who thinks that hiv is possible from deep tissuse wounds and not surface wounds?http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Open-cut---blood-transmission-/show/1173000 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Hiv-RIsk-from-Cut... Read more »
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